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CHAPEL-CLEEVE, a hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset; on the coast, 2 miles W of Watchet. A chapel here, dedicated to the Virgin, was much frequented, in the Romish times, by pilgrims; and the remnant of a cross, for guiding them hither, stands midway between Washford and Old Cleeve church.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Old Cleeve AP/CP Somerset AncC |
Place: | Chapel Cleeve |
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